Belmont (Metra)

Belmont
Station statistics
Address	5000 Belmont Avenue Downers Grove, Illinois
Coordinates	41.7952°N 88.0381°W / 41.7952; -88.0381
Lines	BNSF Railway
Connections	Pace Buses Grove Commuter Shuttle
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 island platform demolished)
Tracks	3
Parking	Yes; Vendors
Other information
Opened	1996
Accessible
Fare zone	E
Services
Preceding station   Metra   Following station Lisle toward Aurora BNSF Railway Downers Grove toward Chicago Union Station

Belmont Station is one of three railroad stations on Chicago Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Downers Grove, Illinois. The station is on Belmont Avenue 22.9 miles (36.9 km) from Union Station, the east end of the line.

Like Downers Grove's Main Street Station Belmont station has connections to both Pace Buses, and the Village's own Grove Commuter Shuttle. Unlike the stations at Main Street and Fairview Avenue however, Belmont station has parking vendors.

An underpass, conceived as early as 1996, gained state funding in June 2008 and will be completed by June 2013. Belmont road will be re-routed underneath the tracks and a new station will be built. This at-grade crossing was singled out because it has been the site of many accidents. Demolition began in late 2008. The project will be funded by Metra, BNSF, DuPage County, and the State of Illinois.

Bus connections

Pace Bus

• 821: Woodridge-Belmont Feeder

Grove Commuter Shuttle

• West Route

External links

• Metra – Stations – Belmont (Metra)

• Belmont Underpass Construction Updates (Village of Downers Grove)
• Downer's Grove-Belmont Avenue (Mike's Railroad Crossing Website)
• Station from Google Maps Street View